December First: A Story of the Century - Softcover

Curtright, Lucia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059514974X ISBN 13: 9780595149742

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

December First is the story of the twentieth century told, decade by decade, through the eyes of ten different young girls. Reading this book, we encounter the America experience in an original and poignant new way. The characters we meet are unforgettable and real; a young Welsh immigrant at the turn of the century, trying her fortune in the New World, a would-be flapper in the 1920s unknowingly about to be engulfed in the Great Depression, a free spirit in the 1960s whose life is destroyed by drugs. The stories, told through letters and diary entries, each one dated on December First, provide a rich texture; and as the layer of years builds, and the larger issues of love, injustice and death repeat themselves, one wonders; have times, and young girls, really changed so fundamentally since the century began?

About this title

About the Author:

Lizy Dastin has written all her life; a fact not surprising, considering that there are several writers in her family, including her grandfather, Sidney Sheldon. She currently attends high school in Los Angeles, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 059514974X
• ISBN 13: 9780595149742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108